The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-01

has nei her received nor read the let
ter, but only hears that his daughter
has received such a lettT d, man6irg
, money.
4 Ger. Wright replied by pressing
=. h great force land with that subtle
W., 'uity in which he scarcely haI a
,;ssn that it was not a question OF the
..1p the testimony, or whether it
sIu'I ~ py or the pes, evidence, or
was Was ,h;n~ where that Iule wonld ap-
az az rs Ny question was, whether
~ py not II had heen told to Russell God
..;, 70 e.. ,ha an h and whether he be-
lieved 1t or not, "o "na' WAS Tue 81
feet on his mind. L A.
When he was tn ough t1e Co1rt
said it would like to near rom the
State again, but the g 'ntlemen repre-
senting the State fallen 10 convince
the Court that the testin oDy should
not be admitted.
Col. Goodwin was again pun upon the
stand, and went on to cay that the let
ter in question was brought thel by q
strange man. The man knocked 81 the
door and handed Mrs. Polk the letter.
She read i, tore it up and threw 1t IN
the fire. II was de nand for money.
She tore it mp, threw I in the fire, and
tod the man there WAS no answer to
send, | think this was on Saturday
beicro the killing on Monday. Rus
cell was very much excited about il,
ar d talked about breaking up, closing
business and going somewhere else.
told him that | did not see where that
would benefit matters any that the
place to live ascandal down was where
it originated, and that il we were TO
leave it would follow wherever we
went. My son WAS very much d 5
turbed and had restless, troubled
look all the time. My Ton was 10
travel for the house, and he often car
ried largs sums OF money with him,
some timss as much as 5000 or So GO.
He carried q pistol, as m 1st all travel
ing smen do who carry money.
1t was a pant OF his business to visit
the hotels, and see merchants coming
to town.
The next question put by Gen,
Wright to the witness 1t he had heard
OF other scandals about his family that
were discussed between himself and
SOM called for speeches from nearly all
the gentlemen engaged on the case.
The question was in regard to another
letter.
Gen. Peters objected, again stating
his same reasons, that the letter should
be produced.
Gen. Turner, for the first time, to-
dsy spoke at some lerg h, stating thet
anything, it mattered not wha', that
helped to show the condition OF Rus
sell Godwin's mind, was competent
proof.
The Court said he would admit 1t, and
then the witness went on to cay that
he had been of on trip. When he
returned bis son gave him a letter
that he had received and opened in
his absence; he asked him why he
had opened his letter; he said he was
80 well eatisfi ID that it was from Dali
ton that he could not help 1t. DIR.
Sanders had advised him to de-
stroy it; the substance OF II
was that l had debauche d
O friends daughter, saying that l had
better look out, that chickens some
times came home TO roost. He gave
the initials Of the man whose daugh
ter he said l had debauched. There
Nas no truth whatever in the story.
don't rememo Der how long | kept the
letter. Daltonwas away and | had M
reason to expect that he would return
and cou d see no reason for keeping Il
any longer and pu, it in the fire.
Orces examined by Gen. Chalmer
My wife's health was very bad at thu
time OF Russell's birth and was deli
cate for long time; bu. did improve
70 ne sfter several years. My young
est son ia about twelve years younge
than Russell. My youngest son il
somewhat nervous. 1t has been fiv,
or six years since he had the fall from
the horse. never heard that he haC
disappointment in love. He neve
talked to me about it. l don't know
whether these reports we're the Gener
al talk Of the trwn or not, Peopl
would no be apt to talk to me about t
MY son and Mr.. Shouse went to Dial
tor, and he denied having circulated
any such reports. l don't know
whether my daughter and Dalton eve
talked across from one house To tn
other or NOT. The HOUSES were yer,
close toge.h her. He did drive her b
market once think. He did not fire.
qusntly meet her at the Beale stree
ma, ket and have long conversation
with her that / know Of My sol
never intimated to me that he in
tended TO kill Dalton. have heart
Polk say things that made me thinl
probably he might do something rash
but never heard him So,
that he would kill Dalton.
did have conversation with
Mrs. Tyus. She did not say 10 me tina
l had gone far enough with that black
mailing business. She came to con
suit me, SIS / thought, about buyini
her place adjoining me. When sh
first came to ms thought her objec
was to sell the place snd move away
l never said to her that married
woman never pulled man down, Blu
when she took fancy to man eh
elevated him. did not tell Mrs. Tyus
nor no ons else living, that we dit
not want the thing investigated
Mrp. Tyus tod me she only wanted t,
move because she wanted to get
cheaper house and rent the one on
she was living in, Mrs, Tyus and Mrs
Dalton had conversation with M
together. l told Mis-. Dalton that NJ
good could come out OF lis COMM
home. We did not ditcuss the anony
nous letters, ard Mrs. Dalton did no
tell me that Tom denied w.iting them
She did not say to me that
was strange tina! l should know Tom
handwriting and did not know m
daughters. had just received a not
from Dalton and had his letter Their
to compare with the others. / don
7 know whether l would know IN
daughters handwriting or not
Is this your daughters handwri
ing? banding witness a letter.
= think that ia her Handwriting.
. By the Court-Do you prOpole t
read this letter to the juTy2
Gen. Chalmers-We do
Hero another lengthy discussion eI
+ sued over the fact of whether IL shout
: be read or not.